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Milan, 16th December 2015 GARAGE ITALIA CUSTOMS AND FIAT IN THE FIRST ROW AT THE STAR WARS EUROPEAN PREMIERES

After presenting the 500e Stormtrooper at the Los Angeles Auto Show, Garage Italia Customs
plays a main role again in an important promotional campaign for Fiat. The occasion is the launch of
the seventh episode of the Star Wars saga.
To celebrate the arrival of Star Wars: The Force Awakens on screens all over Europe, FCA has
in fact decided to “invade” premieres in Spain, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, UK and Turkey with
12 cars identical to the 500e Stormtrooper. Moreover, two of the models that will be presented
are dedicated to the drones starring in the film, R2-D2 e BB-8, together with a tailor-made 500
Stormtrooper in a world preview for the showing in Switzerland.
Lapo Elkann’s creative hub, which specializes in complete tailor-made customization, has thus
produced 12 wrapping kits to replicate the varnished livery of the original concept in every detail.
The kits were sent to the relative specialists in the countries involved in the initiative. Their packaging
was personalised and with them came a precise set of instructions with detailed graphics. These
elements once again highlight the Garage Italia Customs desire for perfection and care for detail
in every area.
The Garage Italia Customs Style Centre, in addition to creating the liveries inspired by the two
drones, truly wanted to characterise the exteriors of the cars with a “damage” effect, in order
to reproduce the signs of time and galactic battles. The Garage Maestros have hence been able
to express their abilities at their best, making a unique painting for the two models dedicated to
Switzerland. The spectacular result was obtained with an innovative aerography technique and a final
3D embossed opaque finishing which conveys strong sensations on touch.
The livery of the BB-8 continues on the windows, too, thanks to the use of a special “one-way”
tinted film. In fact, the particular micro-pierced structure of the film itself makes it possible to see
through the painting as if it were not there at all, consenting a vision that is the same as that of
traditional tinted film.
The R2-D2 is instead characterised by 100% tinted film and “one-way” film on the panoramic sunroof.
The cabin of the two cars recalls the same design elements found in the 500e Stormtrooper, i.e. the
Foglizzo leather and Alcantara® covered seats with colours matching the external livery: white and
orange for the BB-8 and white and blue for the R2-D2.
Moreover, we find the same care for detail even on the headrests, with their embroidered logos,
and on the steering wheel, which is upholstered in Foglizzo leather and Alcantara® with contrasting
stitching. Hand-done aerography has been used on the entire dashboard to result in the same
“damage” effect of the external body, reproducing the wear and tear of the armours of the two
drones. The Star Wars: The Force Awakens logo is easily recognisable on the passenger’s side. The
dashboard and the instrument cluster are instead upholstered in Foglizzo leather and Alcantara®
with contrasting stitching. Finally, the designers of the Garage Italia Customs Style Centre have
chosen Alcantara® to complete the upholstery of the headliner and every detail of the cabin.

500 tailor made
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Press contacts
Roberto Corona +39 335.5267246
press@garageitaliacustoms.com
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TECHNICAL DATA
500 R2-D2
– Painting inspired by R2-D2 with hand-done aerography for a “damage” effect
– Black film on windows and “One-way” film on the panoramic sunroof
– Emblems with the R2-D2 logo
– Blue-painted wheel lip
– White Foglizzo leather seats with blu Alcantara® base and piping
– Blue Alcantara® headrest with embroidered R2-D2 logo
– White Foglizzo leather and blu Alcantara® door panels with contrasting stitching
– All plastic is upholstered in blue Alcantara®
– White leather upholstered dashboard with contrasting stitching
– Blue Alcantara® upholstered instrument cluster with contrasting stitching and white leather inside
– Light blue dashboard painting with hand-done “damage” effect aerography
– Passenger’s side gray dashboard painting with hand-done “damage” effect aerography;
Star Wars: The Force Awakens logo aerography
– Alcantara® headliner
– Black Foglizzo leather and blue Alcantara® upholstered steering wheel with contrasting stitching
500 BB-8
– BB-8 inspired painting with hand-done “damage” effect aerography
– “Oneway” film with BB-8 graphics on windows and on panoramic sunroof
– Emblems with the BB-8 logo
– Gray painted wheel rims with orange trim
– White and orange Foglizzo leather seats, with gray Alcantara® base and piping
– Orange Foglizzo leather headrest with embroidered BB-8 logo
– White and orange Foglizzo leather door panels with contrasting stitching
– All plastic upholstered in gray Alcantara®
– White Foglizzo leather upholstered dashboard with contrasting stitching
– Orange Foglizzo leather upholstered instrument cluster with contrasting stitching and gray
Alcantara® on the inside
– Orange dashboard painting with hand-done “damage” effect aerography
– Passenger’s side gray dashboard painting with hand-done “damage” effect aerography; Star Wars:
The Force Awakens logo aerography;
– Gray Alcantara® headliner
– White Foglizzo leather and gray Alcantara® upholstered steering wheel with contrasting stitching
500 STORMTROOPER
– Two tone black and white painting inspired by the First Order Legion armor
– Black painted mirrors
– Black painted wheel rims with central custom First Order insignia
– First Order insignia on all the emblems
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– Custom glass screen referencing inspired by First Order stormtrooper
– Total white windscreen wipers
– Red neon kit on the back (under the car)
– White Foglizzo leather and black Alcantara® seats, with contrasting stitching, Alcantara® one off piping
– Black leather headrests with embroidered First Order insignia
– Black Alcantara® consolle with contrasting stitching
– White Foglizzo leather and black Alcantara® door panels with contrasting stitching
– White-painted dashboard with Star Wars logo on passenger side
– Two-coloured white/black Alcantara® and Foglizzo leather steering wheel with contrasting stitching
– White Alcantara® pillars and headliner
The main aim of Garage Italia Customs is to place its clients and their creative requirements back “in
the spotlight”, in a world that has been more and more standardised and where number prevails
over subjectivity. Just as a tailor-made outfit follows the lines of the body harmoniously, Garage Italia
Customs aims at making any vehicle unique, be it a car, a motorbike, a plane, a helicopter or a yacht.
It re-elaborates the clients’ very wishes with a tailor-made service that involves the study of detail,
balance of the components and research of materials. The équipe working at Garage Italia Customs
is made up of the team that created the Tailor Made service for Ferrari and the best technicians
specialised in the automotive sector, specifically in the field of wrapping, painting and upholstery of
interiors. They are the “Maestros”, as Lapo Elkann himself defines them, and their unique skills are
of absolute excellence in this work. The “Maestros” are backed up by the Style Centre, which is
the pulsating heart of all the activities. It is a meeting place for the design team, where the ideas and
dreams of clients intersect with the aesthetic taste of the experts of the Garage. Here, the abstract
concepts are elaborated into digital images by use of the most modern technologies. The clients are
guided in the choice of the right chromatic combinations and the most refined materials; their taste
and needs are respected. While waiting to move to Piazzale Accursio in Spring/Summer 2016, the
Garage Italia Customs operative headquarters are in via Alfredo Pizzoni 1, Milan.
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Founded in 1972, Alcantara® represents a prime example of Italian-produced quality. As registered
trademark of Alcantara S.p.A. and result of a unique and proprietary technology, Alcantara® is a
highly innovative material, offering an unrivalled combination of sensory, aesthetic and functional
qualities. Thanks to its extraordinary versatility, Alcantara® is the choice of leading brands in a number
of application fields: fashion and accessories, automotive, consumer-electronics, interior design and
home décor. These features, together with a serious and certified commitment to sustainability,
make Alcantara® a true icon of contemporary lifestyle: the lifestyle of those who want to fully enjoy
their everyday life, respecting the environment.
Since 2009 Alcantara® is certified “Carbon Neutral”, having defined, reduced and offset all the CO2
emissions derived from its activity. To mark out the path of the company in such a field, every year
Alcantara draws up and publishes its own Sustainability Report, certified by independent third party
and available also on the corporate website. Headquartered in Milan, Alcantara’s production site and

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R&D department are located in Nera Montoro, in the heart of Umbria Region (Terni).
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Since 1921, Foglizzo’s reputation has been founded on the design and developed of high quality
leathers, for clients who require exclusivity and individual customisation. Leveraging its experience
in crafting leather for the restorations of antiques cars, today Foglizzo supplies exclusive high quality
leather to the aviation, yachting, motor and residential industries. Foglizzo offer is divided in: Classic,
480 colours of plain leather divided in 13 collections available on stock; Modulor, semi-custom
collections of 15 embossing patterns available in 150 colours, for a total of 2250 combinations;
Decorative, 150 decorative leather. When the customer whishes a unique product, or requires
special personalisation, the Full Custom allows to build its own product. Customers can select
from the top quality of all the world provenance hides, then choosing any wished colour or effect
(mono colour, B-Colour, metallic effects, antique, etc.), combining it with over 500 embossing
patterns. Finally the customer can apply any special treatments such as H2O for hydro and oil
repellence, Thermo Leather™ that reduces the overheating of hides when exposed to the sun,
Micro-Perforated for acoustic leather, First Class non flammable Bovine leather, Sole Leather, and
Crocodile leather, treated to comply with the main international fireproof standards (UNI 8456/
FAR“a”, FAR“b”; Jar 25853; UNI VF 9175; IMO 653; DIN 5510; BS 6853; UNI VF 9175 Class 1; FS
191 Method 5903; Boston fire code BFD-IX-1; etc.); Automotive for leather and embossed leather
that comply with the restrictive automotive standard.